役
Meanings
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- 1.forced labor
- 2.corvée
- 3.obligatory task
- 4.military service
- 5.to use as servant
- 6.to enserf
- 7.servant (old)
- 8.war
- 9.campaign
- 10.battle
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Wiktionary
- 1.to guard the borders
- 2.soldier
- 3.matter; event; incident
- 4.war; military campaign
- 5.forced labour
- 6.military service
- 7.labourer
- 8.servant
- 9.to use as a servant
- 10.to attract
- 11.student; disciple
- 12.duty; responsibility
- 13.low-ranking official
- 14.to arrange into rows
- 15.to help; to aid
- 16.to be; to act as
- 17.to practise; to act with
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): semantic 彳 (“movement; action”) + semantic 殳 (“a weapon, like a spear”). The character originally depicted guarding a border with a weapon in hand, and by extension, it came to represent the idea of performing a duty or task. From 為 (OC *ɢʷal, “to do”) with k-extension (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。
The French were defeated at Waterloo.
法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。
The French lost the battle of Waterloo.
這裡是黑斯廷斯戰役發生的地方。
This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.
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Derived terms
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